ATL: SANDY - Remnants - Discussion

[cjrciadt]

Did anyone else lose the feed to the NYC ABC station?

Watching abcnews coverage here on wrdq. Many former new yorkers (like me) here in CFL, so showing that coverage makes sense here.

[Hogweed]

Hmmm...it was moving at 28mph...and was about 30 miles away 2hrs ago...yet its still 'offshore'...something doesn't seem to match up there IMO.

Either way strongest winds have whipped into the New York/Long island region now just as the models were forecasting andthe surge is really increasing at a rate, such a shame.

12 miles offshore in new vortex just timed at 23:08 UTC

[Raebie]

Flipping through coverage. It seems like the consensus it's wrapping up due to landfall.

Wth?

[karenfromheaven]

Look at the green line. Sharp rise in the difference between expected and observed and not leveling off yet.


8518750 20121029 19:12 3.98 11.62 7.07

source: http://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/geo.sh ... on=8518750

The surge is surging!!

[ROCK]

Subways are in a lot of danger...

No subways running.But it will take a few days to take out the water from the tunnels.

Salt water rusts. Everything.

very corrosive...I have seen it first hand and it doesnt take long either. Everything will need to be washed with fresh water. The subways have damp air as it is and will aid in the process....

[clifman]

The Battery rose 1 foot in 45 minutes. That rate will only grow faster as high tide kicks in.

I just timed the rate at a little more than 1/3 foot in ten minutes! At that rate (2 ft/hr) with 90 mins to go 'till high tide, it will go to 14.5 feet or so! Yikes!

[Terry]

CNN reporter in Lyme, CT - rapidly rising flooding one block away from from the "water."

[brunota2003]

There were reports it would cost $55 billion and take AT LEAST a week (if not months) to drain the tubes and clean them up. That was longgg before surge levels started pushing 12 ft.

[tolakram]

The Battery

8518750 20121029 19:18 4.06 11.87 7.31

[windnrain]

11.87 at battery...

[Terry]

Confirming what some of you already have posted.

From Tri State Weather:
Breaking News: The water level at the Battery in NYC has reached 11.25 feet, surpassing the all-time record of 11.2 feet set in 1821

[KWT]

Hmmm...it was moving at 28mph...and was about 30 miles away 2hrs ago...yet its still 'offshore'...something doesn't seem to match up there IMO.

Either way strongest winds have whipped into the New York/Long island region now just as the models were forecasting andthe surge is really increasing at a rate, such a shame.

The "eye" of what was Sandy made landfall...the larger scale gyro is still coming, though.

Its so interesting to look at, I suspect your right, Sandy itself HAS made landfall but the larger ET gyre is still offshore and seems to be tightening around the larger circulation. The models dida good job spotting this as they did have the strongest winds going through NYC around this time.

[Hey Its Me]

B.P. Forecast to hit ~12'!

Well that one looks like it's going to be busted.

http://www.nws.noaa.gov/mdl/etsurge/data/nybat.gif

[midnight8]

11.87 at battery...

Going up quick

[ROCK]

its going to go over 12ft now....that is horrible....kudos to the memebers here reported on the level at Battery. This kind of stuff you dont get on the news....

[HurrMark]

I think Bryan Norcross and the folks at TWC are being very conservative with the Battery...this is not looking good.

[clifman]

Subways are in a lot of danger...

No subways running.But it will take a few days to take out the water from the tunnels.

It's not that they're running... Salt water will cause lots of damage to the electrical systems down there... Prob. more than a few days to recover/repair.

[SunnyThoughts]

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
711 PM EDT MON OCT 29 2012

..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..

0626 PM NON-TSTM WND GST ISLIP AIRPORT 40.80N 73.10W
10/29/2012 M90 MPH SUFFOLK NY ASOS

[Hogweed]

Hmmm...it was moving at 28mph...and was about 30 miles away 2hrs ago...yet its still 'offshore'...something doesn't seem to match up there IMO.

Either way strongest winds have whipped into the New York/Long island region now just as the models were forecasting andthe surge is really increasing at a rate, such a shame.

The "eye" of what was Sandy made landfall...the larger scale gyro is still coming, though.

Its so interesting to look at, I suspect your right, Sandy itself HAS made landfall but the larger ET gyre is still offshore and seems to be tightening around the larger circulation. The models dida good job spotting this as they did have the strongest winds going through NYC around this time.

From recon thread - last vortex 23:08 947mb

[KWT]

The Battery

8518750 20121029 19:18 4.06 11.87 7.31

Just insane speed of increase!!

Think this thread should be staying here for a while whilst we deal with the fallout of Sandy...I suspect this one won't be far off from Katrina in terms of overall damage.

Hogsweed, thats pretty cool, look at the way the direction shifts as it starts to transition.